Seat and seat-back for railway rolling-stock.



No. 847,023. PAT-ANTED MAR. 12, 1907.

A. E. OSTRANDBR.

SEAT AND SEAT BACK FOR RAILWAY ROLLING STOUK. APPLICATION r1531) BEPI}.17,1906.

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ALLEN E. OSTRANDER, OFPATERSON, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO All/mill- AN CAR & FOUNDRY COMPANY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, A CORPQRA- TION OF NEW JERSEY.

SEAT AND SEAT-BACKFQR RAILWAY ROLLlNG-$TQCK- Sp ciflcation of Letters'Patent.

Patented. march 12, 1907.

Application and September 1?, 190a. emu No. 334.966.

To all whomit may concern:

- Be it known that I, ALLEN E. OSTRANDER, a citizen of the United States, residing-"at Paterson, New Jersey, have invented a certain new and usefullmprovement in Seats and Seat-Backs for Railroad Rolling-Stock, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which'it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in WlLlCh- Figure 1 is a top plan view, partly broken away, of a seat constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is an enlarged end elevation, partly in transverse section, of the seat shown in Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one of the plates which form part-of the seat-frame.

This invention relates to seats and seat backs for railway rolling-stock.

The object of my invention is to provide a seat or seat-back that willbe strong and inex ensive to manufacture and which is provi ed with a metallic frame.

I have herein only shown a seat constructed in accordance with. my invention, as the seat-back is constructed in the same manner, so wherever I have used the term seat in the claims I mean to include a seat-back as well as a seat'.

Referring to the drawings, which represent the preferred form of my invention, 1 designates four pressed-metalmembers, which members are mitered and connected to ether by gusscts 2 to forms rectangular rams. Said members 1 are preferably of the shape andcross-section shown in Fig. 3 and com prise an upwardly-extending flange 3, a downwardly-extending flange 4, (sh-own in broken lines,) and an approximately S- shaped web which connects said-flanges. Fastened to the upwardly-extending flanges 3 of said members by 'rivets 5 are plates 6, which are bent in the form of right angles and embrace the corners formed by the junction of the members 1, thereby greatly strengthening the frames and protecting the corners thereof. These plates 6 constitute the sides and ends of the frame and are of suilicient length so that their ends butt agaihst each other, as shown in Fig. 1, and the upper edges of said plates are rolled or bent inwardly slightly at 7, as shown in Figs.

2 and 3, so as not to cut the upholstering' material used in the construction of the seat.

'With a construction of this character it is a very simple matter to make seats of any thickness by simplysubstituting plate 6 of the required depth. Preferably the plates 6 are provided with ll-shaped rdjections or teeth 8, which can be formed by pressing portions of the plates outwardly, as'shown in Fig. 3, these projections being utilized for securing the canvas covering 9, that is arranged underneath the outer covering '10 of the seat, and thus providing a very simple and inexpensive means of securing said canvas in position. F astencd to the Webs of two of the members 1 by rivets 11 are slats 12,

which sup ort spiral springs 13, said slats preferably eing channel-shaped and formed of pressed metal. The usual spring bands '14 extend over ,.the upper ends of the spiral springs and are connected by rivets 15 to the plates 6. The odter covering 10 for the seat may be of ratan, plush, or any suitable ma terial and extends down over the plates 6 and underneath the members 1, as shown in Fig. 2, and splines 1.6; which may be strips of metal with separate corner-pieces 16* are then put in to force the covering 16 into the upwardly-curved portion of the Et-shaped webs of the members 1. T he'edge portion 18 of said outer covering is folded underneath said splines, and the downwardly-proiecting flanges 4 of the members 1 are then bent upwardly from the position shown in broken lines in Fig. 2 into the position shown in full lines to clamp the covering 10 against the underneath surface of the members 1.

Preferably the webs of the members 1 are 1 claim as new, and desire to secure by Let Y ering for clamping the edge portions thereof against the underneath side of the frame, and dependingflanges formed integral with said frame and adapted to be bent upwardly for securing said splines in position; substantially as described.

2. A seat consisting of a metallic frame, an outer covering turned underneath said frame, splines about which the edge portions of said outer covering are wrapped, and flanges on said frame which are adapted to be bnt up- Wardly to clamp the covering against the under'neath side of the frame substantially as described.

3. it scat consisting of a metallic frame, drawing vertical Walls and portions extending inwardly from said walls, an outer covering incasing'said vertical walls and turned under neath the inwardlywxtending portions of the frame, splines about which the edge portions of said covering are Wrapped, and flanges on said inwardly-extending portions which are adapted to be bent into engagement with. the outer covering to secure it in position; substantially as described.

4. A seat consisting of a metallic frame,

Y having vertical walls and portions extending inwardly thcrei'rom, said iirivardlyextending ment with the turned edge of the outer covermg to confine itiin said recesses; substantially as described.

lie members, gussets for securing said memoerstogethenand upwardly-extending plates fastened to the flanges of said metallic members and incasing the corners formed by the junction of said metallic members; substantially as described; p

6. A seat consisting of a metallic frame, haiingvertical walls and inw ardly-ext ending S-shaped portions, theupperedges of said ertical Walls being curved inwardly, channel-shaped slats secured to the inwardlyprojectmg portions of the frame, springs mounted-on said slats, spring-bandsextending over the upper ends of said springs and frame, a piece of fibrous material stretched over said spring-bands and secured to teeth formed integral with the vertical walls of the frame and an outer covering bent underneath the inwardly-extending portions of the frame, splines consisting of separate metal strips and corner-pieces about which the outer covcriiz is wrapped, and flanges on the inwardly-extending portions of the frame portions being bent to form recesses, an outer covering messing said vertical walls and 111- wardl f-rxtentl111g pcrtitns, and having a turned edge which lies in said recesses and flanges on said nnvardlv-cxtynd111g portions which are adapted to .bc- 'bent into engageadapted to'be bent into engagement with the outer covering to clamp it and the splines against the inwaidlyeeittending portions of the vframe.

In testimony whereof I hereunto allix my signature, in the presence of two witnesses, this 5th day of September, 1906.

ALLEN E. ()S'HL-XNDER.

\Yitnesses:

lton'r. G. Jnrrsnr, l Drxiuu.

5. A seat-frame comprising fiangedmetal-- being fastened to the vertical walls of the 

